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The International Forum is a two-week scholarship programme organised in Berlin by the Berliner Festspiele’s Theatertreffen (German language theatre festival) with an international call for applications. It is aimed at professional theatre makers up to the age of 35 years, whose artistic focus lies in the area of drama, and […] More

The 2017 Guest of Honour at the Frankfurt International Book Fair is announced. From 11-15 October 2017, France and the French language will be honoured. The invitation is a historic opportunity for the French language to demonstrate its openness to the world, to promote the talent and innovation that makes it live today. The programme […] More

Villa Kujoyama is the only French residency for research and creation in Asia. Call for applications for residencies in 2018 from French and Japanese artists, all creative disciplines. Residency project applications must be made by the eligible French artist/s. Villa Kujoyama, built in 1992 by architect Kunio Kato on the Higashiyama mountain in Kyoto, welcomes artists […] More

CALL TO WRITERS FOR THE 2017-2018 M LITERARY RESIDENCY: applications are open for the residencies in China (Shanghai and Beijing). The winners will be announced on March 10th, 2017 during the Shanghai International Literary Festival, which will take place from March 10-22, 2017. Please also note that the residency will move from India to China, […] More

The Youth Jury & Critics Programme is a series of workshops supported by ASEF together with the National Youth Council and *SCAPE, organised in partnership with the Wee Kim Wee School of Communication and Information and the Nanyang Technological University (NTU). More

In Copenhagen, the celebrated novelist Haruki Murakami’s acceptance of the Hans Christian Andersen literary award led to a speech on confronting the inner darkness of people, society and nations. Speaking as he received the Hans Christian Andersen Literature Award, the Japanese novelist said that “just as all people have shadows, every society and nation, too, […] More

Between Memory and Museum published by Tara Books is an unusual book that has developed out of a dialogue with folk and tribal artists from India. It questions our perceptions of diverse cultures and the roles of capital and markets in the world of art. This pioneering dialogue with 38 extraordinary folk and tribal artists from across […] More

The DAAD Berlin Artists-in-Residence programme (BKP) is one of the world’s most renowned programmes, offering grants to artists in the fields of visual arts, film, literature and music. Applications are invited from writers, composers and filmmakers. Visual artists will be by invitation only (no applications!). This is an award scholarship: the scholarships are granted to extraordinary […] More

Kampot Writers & Readers Festival (KWRF) is held annually in November in Kampot, Cambodia. The 2nd edition presents 7 days of literature, arts and culture, with the Kampot festival 3-6 November and pre- and after-festival events in Phnom Penh. The 2016 Kampot Writers & Readers Festival explores themes of ‘Peace, Freedom, and Prosperity’ (Santiphap, Seripheap, […] More

Poets Translating Poets Festival takes place in Mumbai 25-27 November, on the theme of LANGUAGE | IMAGE | SOUND . The festival is the culmination of a two-year-long project initiated by the Goethe-Institut Mumbai along with the Goethe-Institutes in South Asia. A celebration of all things poetry, the festival features 20 Languages | 51 Poets | 187 Poems […] More

For the sixteenth time, Akademie Schloss Solitude is granting approx. 70 residency fellowships of three to twelve months in duration. More than 1,300 artists from more than 120 countries have developed and advanced projects at the Akademie since its opening in 1990, creating a close-knit, global network of Solitude alumni that expands from year to year. It […] More

With the announcement of the first artwork for documenta 14, Marta Minujín, documenta 14, and Frankfurter Buchmesse cordially invite the public, publishers, and authors to donate books for the artwork The Parthenon of Books and thereby become part of the work. The Parthenon of Books by artist Marta Minujín is a decisive symbol of resistance to […] More

Inhabitant Zero is a competition where five individuals or teams are selected to become Kvarnbacken’s first inhabitants. The project is an international a call for proposals . The selected teams will be granted a stipend of €4000 and shall live in “The Yellow House” in the suburb of Jarfalla in Stockholm for a month to produce a […] More

‘Ideas and Realities: Creative Writing in Asia Today’ is Asia Pacific Writers & Translators (APWT) ninth annual international gathering, taking place in Guangzhou 24-26 November, with side events afterwards in Hong Kong and Macau. The main two-day conference, on Friday 25th and Saturday 26 November, is hosted this year by Sun Yat-sen University Center for English-language […] More

Tara Books, the award-winning visual arts publisher in India, known for its art and illustrated books for children and adults and its high quality handmade editions, is seeking a German intern to support its work to develop its German and European markets. Tara Books distribute in India, the UK and US, and have recently started distributing in Europe […] More

The 2017 Commonwealth Short Story Prize is now open for entries. The Prize is awarded for the best piece of unpublished short fiction (2,000–5,000 words) in English written by a citizen of a Commonwealth country. The international judging panel comprises one judge from each of the five regions – Africa, Asia, Canada and Europe, the Caribbean […] More

The Bibliothek Andreas Züst, located in Oberegg St Anton, in the Appenzell Alps of Switzerland, offers three studio residency stipends in April 2017. The length of the stay can vary from one to four weeks according to the needs of the stipendiaries. Application for the Studio Residency Stipend is open to national and international cultural […] More

The International Writing Residency for Animated Films is hosted and coproduced by the Royal Abbey of Fontevraud, one of the most important sites of the Loire valley (France). Authors of any nationality (apart from French) can apply with any personal projects of short, medium or full length animated films. The International Writing Residency for Animated Films […] More

Poets Translating Poets is a project of the Goethe-Institut/Max Muller Bhavan Mumbai that brings together poets from Germany, India, Pakistan, Bangladesh and Sri Lanka to translate each other’s poems in Intensive Encounter workshops. More

Tartu Artist in Residence in Estonia is launching an Open Call for the year 2017. Artists of various disciplines will have the opportunity to work, live and find new inspiration in the scenic city of Tartu for a period of one or three months. TAiR is a unique artist in residence program in that it […] More

Applications for the Asialink Arts 2017 Residency Program are open, inviting Australian arts professionals to apply for a range of residencies (different models, hosts, arts disciplines, countries etc.) across Asia. Deadline extended to October 3 for applications. The aim of Asialink’s Arts Residency Program is to create meaningful and enduring relationships between individuals and […] More

The Earthskin Creative Residence in New Zealand seeks applications from diverse range of “creatives” to invigorate a wider nourishment and sharing of ideas and practice of the Arts. Creatives including; Artists, Potters, Sculptors, Musicians, Scientists, Designers, Performing Artists, Philosophers, Writers and Poets… During the months from February to November, residencies are available for 4 weeks duration (with a possibility of extension). Other […] More

The Athens and Epidaurus (Epidavros) Festival announces an open call for artistic proposals for 2017. The festival covers many artforms and sites, with four distinct performance and artistic project categories for the proposals. The categories for performances and artistic projects are: 1. Performances (theatre or dance or music) The proposals involve the creation and/or presentation […] More

In co-operation with KulturKontakt Austria, the Austrian Federal Chancellery makes available 50 residencies in Austria (Vienna and Salzburg) each year. The call is open for 2017 residencies in a wide range of artistic disciplines. The residency is designed to offer an opportunity to familiarise oneself with the Austrian art scene and cultural environment and to […] More

The Van Eyck invites artists, designers, photographers, architects, landscape architects, curators, writers, and thinkers from all over the world to apply for a residency at the Jan van Eyck Academie for 6 up to 12 months. Participants are given the time and space that is needed to develop their talents, to discover as yet unexplored […] More

The Association of Illustrators in the UK has announced the winners of its 40th annual international showcase, the World Illustration Awards. With the winners coming from many different countries, two Korean illustrators were named as the Overall Winners. The winners have been exhibited at Somerset House’s Embankment East Galleries, before going on tour across the UK. […] More

Contested Histories and the Politics of Memory is the 3rd Foundation for Australian Studies in China conference, and will be held in Shanghai 22-25 October. Attendance is free and registration is open. This international conference will bring together scholars and students from a range of disciplines – International Relations, History, Politics, Cultural Studies and Literature – […] More

Yayoi Kusama has illustrated a contemporary version of Hans Christian Andersen’s The Little Mermaid for the Louisiana Museum of Modern Art in Copenhagen. The collaboration follows an astonishing retrospective of the contemporary Japanese artist’s work at the Danish museum, which finished earlier this year. Designed by Louisana Museum’s chief of design, Marie d’Origny Lübecker, the […] More